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An insurer’s duty to defend under a CGL policy: Quebec Superior Court reviews the scope of “property damage” and “accident”

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
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  • September 13 2011

On July 14, 2011, Justice Daniel W. Payette of the Quebec Superior Court issued a very interesting judgment dealing with an insurer’s duty to defend under a CGL insurance policy

The insurer's duty to defend where a municipality was exercising a legislative power

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 6 2010

On October 25, 2010, the Quebec Court of Appeal handed down a ruling on an insurer's duty to defend its insured under a liability policy issued for the benefit of a municipality

Duty to defend turns on nature of plaintiff's allegations and on policy language

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • October 13 2010

In a very recent judgment pertaining to a commercial general liability (CGL) policy, the Supreme Court of Canada has reiterated that the duty to defend is triggered by the mere possibility that a claim is covered by the insurance policy and does not depend on actual liability or on an actual duty to indemnify